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The best managers are innovators, they bring new ideas nobody else considered or dared to implement. This is the type of thing that distinguishes good managers from the great. He is coming with his own innovation and stomping Europe with it. Even if we don't win the treble, I am sure we are...

Stat padding? He scored many important goals.

I feel like a few guys here just base their opinion on whatever they think makes Xavi look better at the moment. What Serghei is saying about the squad being great anyway is correct, but coming from him, it seems like a 180 to respond to why Flick is doing much better with it.

I agree with most of what Serghei is saying, but unfortunately I find it impossible to reconcile his new position with what he was saying at the start of the season. He was claiming that making CL QF is a miracle and all praise be to Xavi for this miraculous achievement less than a season...

Our speed stats are fairly interesting, despite having quite a slow team by top speed we are running perhaps the most aggressive offensive and defensive system in world football with great success. Excluding GKs 1st - Raphinha (34.7km/h) 2nd - Gerard Martin (34km/h) 3rd - Cuenca [Barca B]...

Have you guys read the room? Its not exactly like he is benching Marcelo or something. People here are acting like he has a superstar fullback on the bench. It is Fort who at best is a little better than Martin but there is no significant difference between the two at this level. They are both...

His athleticism was frying us, he could have easily had a third towards the end too if he had just hit it first time instead of squaring it across goal when he was clean through.

And remarkable Madrid's change in fortune by gaining Mbappe. Great player, but comes with some strings attached.

There is no chance we are making such a run with Xavi.

I think this is football now really, its more of a team game than it ever was previously, more about pure efficiency than star quality. No team will really shock you with brilliance but with tactical effectiveness. The best teams are the most efficient teams. That's us and PSG this season. I...

They also have a very comfortable league run-in where they don't need to exert much energy, having no actual rivals. Playing in the Prem or LaLiga or also Serie A and making a CL run is very different.

PSG might just be the best/second best in the world this season.

I agree. Its possible that if he had just held out a bit longer, we would have got the best from him finally. But its also possible that if he stayed he would have saved Xavi's job, so...

Only ones who backed Dembele here at the end were me and @Birdy practically. Its sad that as soon as he left us he got fit but I imagine the two events are connected, it is what it is.

Taremi is much worse than Thuram, good news.

It should be more given he participated in serious disorder at the end of the game. No coincidence the ref for this game started crying pre-match. This is the reality of what they have to deal with from Madrid currently. Refereeing a Madrid game puts a target on your back.

He should be banned for assault, if the league is serious whatsoever about cracking down on Madrid's recent insanity. 3 months ban minimum. But sure, we will see him cop a 6 match ban and trod along ready for next season. Its gotten to the point where not only are they heaping tons of public...

Glad he is coming around! Last we heard of him we were never going to compete with Madrid again.

Start Fati over who?

Its not befitting of such a successful club to be so whiny and bitchy. It gets tiring eventually.